Bladed implement

Claim 1

A HAND-HELD IMPLEMENT FOR HOLDING A BLADE WHICH IS USED TO REMOVE WALLPAPER AND THE LIKE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A BLADE HAVING A CUTTING EDGE; A BLADE HOLDING ASSEMBLY HAVING TWO SIMILAR PLATE MEANS, ONE OF WHICH HAS A RECESS FORMED THEREIN AND THE OTHER OF WHICH HAS AN UPSTANDING PROJECTION FORMED THEREON WHICH IS ADAPTED TO INTERFIT WITH SAID RECESS WHEN SAID BLADE HOLDING ASSEMBLY IS ASSEMBLED WITH SAID BLADE THEREBETWEEN, SAID BLADE BEING ABUTTED AGAINST SAID UPSTANDING PROJECTION AND MAINTAINED IN FIXED POSITION WITH RESPECT TO SAID PLATE MEANS, AND OUTER SURFACE ON EACH OF SAID PLATE MEANS WHICH IS TAPERED AT AN ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 14* RELATIVE TO AN INNER SURFACE THEREOF, SAID TAPERED OUTER SURFACE PROVIDING A PRYING ACTION OF SAID BLADE HOLDING ASSEMBLY SO THAT SAID BLADE MAY BE FORCED UNDER MATERIAL TO BE REMOVED AND SAID MATERIAL REMOVED BY PRYING IT FROM ITS SUPPORTING SURFACE, A HANDLE PORTION FORMED OF A WIRE BENT INTO A U-SHAPE WITH THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF OF UNEQUAL LENGTH SO THAT SAID BLADE HOLDING ASSEMBLY IS AT AN ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 10* FROM A LINE NORMAL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID HANDLE PORTION, AND A PLASTIC SLEEVE COVERING A MAJOR PART OF SAID HANDLE PORTION.